Electron 26.0.0

Electron 26.0.0 has been released! It includes upgrades to Chromium 116.0.5845.62, V8 11.2, and Node.js 18.16.1. Read below for more details!

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The Electron team is excited to announce the release of Electron 26.0.0! You can install it with npm via npm install electron@latest or download it from our releases website. Continue reading for details about this release.

If you have any feedback, please share it with us on Twitter, or join our community Discord! Bugs and feature requests can be reported in Electron's issue tracker.

Notable Changes

Stack Changes

• Chromium 116.0.5845.62
  • New in Chrome 116
  • New in DevTools 116
• Node.js 18.16.1
  • Node 18.16.1 blog post
• V8 11.2

Breaking Changes

Deprecated: webContents.getPrinters

The webContents.getPrinters method has been deprecated. Use webContents.getPrintersAsync instead.

const w = new BrowserWindow({ show: false });

// Deprecated
console.log(w.webContents.getPrinters());
// Replace with
w.webContents.getPrintersAsync().then((printers) => {
  console.log(printers);
});

Deprecated: systemPreferences.{get,set}AppLevelAppearance and systemPreferences.appLevelAppearance

The systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance and systemPreferences.setAppLevelAppearance methods have been deprecated, as well as the systemPreferences.appLevelAppearance property. Use the nativeTheme module instead.

// Deprecated
systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance();
// Replace with
nativeTheme.shouldUseDarkColors;

// Deprecated
systemPreferences.appLevelAppearance;
// Replace with
nativeTheme.shouldUseDarkColors;

// Deprecated
systemPreferences.setAppLevelAppearance('dark');
// Replace with
nativeTheme.themeSource = 'dark';

Deprecated: alternate-selected-control-text value for systemPreferences.getColor

The alternate-selected-control-text value for systemPreferences.getColor has been deprecated. Use selected-content-background instead.

// Deprecated
systemPreferences.getColor('alternate-selected-control-text');
// Replace with
systemPreferences.getColor('selected-content-background');

New Features

• Added safeStorage.setUsePlainTextEncryption and safeStorage.getSelectedStorageBackend api. #39107
• Added safeStorage.setUsePlainTextEncryption and safeStorage.getSelectedStorageBackend api. #39155
• Added senderIsMainFrame to messages sent via ipcRenderer.sendTo(). #39206
• Added support for flagging a Menu as being keyboard initiated. #38954

End of Support for 23.x.y

Electron 23.x.y has reached end-of-support as per the project's support policy. Developers and applications are encouraged to upgrade to a newer version of Electron.

E26 (Aug'23)	E27 (Oct'23)	E28 (Jan'24)
26.x.y	27.x.y	28.x.y
25.x.y	26.x.y	27.x.y
24.x.y	25.x.y	26.x.y
22.x.y

What's Next

In the short term, you can expect the team to continue to focus on keeping up with the development of the major components that make up Electron, including Chromium, Node, and V8.

You can find Electron's public timeline here.

More information about future changes can be found on the Planned Breaking Changes page.